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A frantic query of the CA State Health and Safety Code produced the relief I sought. The old exemptions are still there, thank God, and thanks to a slew of conservative lawmakers who, years ago, spilled blood over those exclusions. But listening to the flurry of radio ads everywhere, you'd never know the government hadn't stripped all our rights and seized our bodies in order to force-infuse foreign substances the likes of which NO ONE can certify are safe.
What schools and radio ads will not disclose: (these contents are found at NVIC.ORG)
120365. Immunization of a person shall not be required for admission to a school or other institution listed in Section 120335 if the parent or guardian or adult who has assumed responsibility for his or her care and custody in the case of a minor, or the person seeking admission if an emancipated minor, files with the governing authority a letter or affidavit stating that the immunization is contrary to his or her beliefs. However, whenever there is good cause to believe that the person has been exposed to one of the communicable diseases listed in subdivision (a) of Section 120325, that person may be temporarily excluded from the school or institution until the local health officer is satisfied that the person is no longer at risk of developing the disease. 120370. If the parent or guardian files with the governing authority a written statement by a licensed physician to the effect that the physical condition of the child is such, or medical circumstances relating to the child are such, that immunization is not considered safe, indicating the specific nature and probable duration of the medical condition or circumstances that contraindicate immunization, that person shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 120325, but excluding Section 120380) and Sections 120400, 120405, 120410, and 120415 to the extent indicated by the physician's statement.
In addition to two - -possibly three- - family adverse reactions, another cropped up after teaching preschool age children every Sunday for the better part of twenty years. Emma S, tall, vibrant and articulate, was a little four year old maven who appeared in class one day with that tell-tale bandaid on her arm suggesting Kindergarten shots had recently moved off her Mom's To Do list.
That week, Emma began stuttering. My only possible response was to pray. I interceded for that little one for months. Not for her speech. That was the least of her worries. I prayed for her entire neurology. For healing from anything in that noxious cocktail that might produce dyslexia, confusion, personality disorders, or worse. Given my own five year old's Type 1 diabetes back in 1991, I also prayed against anything that might interfere with Emma's little pancreas. ***
Her stuttering stopped to everyone's relief, but I began posting (it was always removed), then leafletting the facts about the above exemptions for all the parents of our class.
A few years later, the S family left our church. But I will leaflet away in the next few weeks. It's that awful time again when schools and governments lie to everyone.
***You don't get it? Type1 Diabetes is an AUTOIMMUNE disorder. Something triggers the white blood cells to ATTACK the pancreas until it's ...DEAD.
A few years later, the S family left our church. But I will leaflet away in the next few weeks. It's that awful time again when schools and governments lie to everyone.
***You don't get it? Type1 Diabetes is an AUTOIMMUNE disorder. Something triggers the white blood cells to ATTACK the pancreas until it's ...DEAD.
